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.. ; • • ~ NORTHERN DATEUNE WINNERS CHOICE... INTER-AM SOLID ALUMINUM HANDLEBARS E c..o r-O'l ....-t Mean Green Mark Gregson at Fox Hollow By Chuck Iken ~ O'l WOODBURN , ORE,jUNE 6- We Specialize In Quality••• C'J (l.) c:: ::l -, The Oregon Old Ti mers were out in force today to honor their fellow rider, Ben Maroon who was killed the Sunday before at the Washington Old Timers National in Wenatchee . Washington. They put on a black arm band prior to starting the first moto. Mark. Gregson was back from the fo reign wars, bringing his three potent Mean Green Machines with him. In the 250 class Mark fell in behind p ace -setter Les Womack (Yam) lakin g the lead the latter part of th e m o to . Mark said later. Les was loo king and racing good. but after chasing Chuck Sun an d Rick Burgett around for two years he was sure that he was going to catch Les. You le arn a lot chasing people . In th e Open Pros it was Mark and Les at it again with Gregson taking the win. In the 12 5 class, Mark Gregso n was set to take a triple win, but his Kaw spit its chain off and th at left a win for Ron Sun, on his ' Yamaha. The third Sun brother Kenny took a third in 125 junior on a Yamaha. In the first moto of the 125A group . the first three leaders crashed. two of them on the new drop off section of the track. But when it was allover. Dale • Olson, took home the trophy. Winning Is part of racing, and to win you need the best equipment available. This is why tens of thousands of riders use Inter-Am's race proveh SOLID aluminum handleb . ars Teams like D . racing realize the .G value of each individual component used In inaklng a winning motorcycle. One Important component has been Inter-Am handlebars (they've used them for ov er 1V. years). Superior strength and durability, coupled with the correct amount of "flex" allowed by the solid aircraft aluminum - combines to make this handlebar the race (and wiqners) choice! rs Next time you need handlebars for street, trail , or com petiti on, grab a winner from Inter-Am and find out about quality. Send 25¢ 'M ca,.,Ofl .nd d_l . Faria and MacMurray at Cal-Expo INTER-AM BIKE SUPPLIES, INC. Way Placenlia, Ca. 92670 714 I 993-2603 751 Monroe By Greg Joyce SACRAMENTO, CAL., j UNE II tobaJa?? All the answers in the most complete Baja tour book ever! .. . 12 detailed. large reference maps in color highlight. Veh ides fo r various road condit ions d iscussed in the " Abo ut the Whee ls You Drive" sectio n. " r - .' Enclose check or money order I 30 ~ II I to CYCLE NEWS PRODUCTS ~499 Cerritos A..,., ... • Lon~~h,C~06 - Zip be ing h ard and dusty . The heat races were follow-th e-lead er a ffai rs, bu t the co mpetition got t ougher as the night ro lled on. Greg Fergusen and Dave Faria went round in a tig ht battle in the first Handicap Semi. Fergusen took the win as did Ken Eggers in the following Semi . When the Handicap Main rolled around, the crowd saw Fari a, Fergusen and Eggers all go down in the first corner. dust in the lead. Fergu sen had second over Charley Morse until Fergi laid it down an d Mike Ro one y came from behind to pass Morse and take second. Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor awarded Faria a year's supply of free ice cream . Mike Faria won the first Scratch Semi followed by Marty Benck. Benck just squirmed through a collision involving Charley Morse and Mike Rooney. which left Morse shaken up. but okay. Rollin ' Rich MacMurray led his Semi wire to wire. with Dennis Robin son in h ot pursuit. An unhappy Robinson was exc used from the Scratch Main when the tape was snagged by his front wh eel. Ro llin ' RiCh jumped in to the lead followed by Faria an d Benck. Benck got off while trying to zero in on Faria as MacMurray roll ed on to win . Mike LupoId ca me off the zero yard line to win the Division II Han dicap Main, and jim Sizemore took first in the jun ior Speed way Main. • 0-35 double X point M By Bill Morley SANTA MARIA. CAL.,j UNE 13 Gerald Junior Expert second Goodwin, in his first 125 race, moving up from in the Mini class, was in his first rnoto, and was leading in the second when he fell. Reports are that he is onl y sligh t1y injured and will be racing at the next outing. In the 125 Expert race. Kenny Roush had a I: 20 lap, which I think is a record for the track at the distance it was laid out for . He won both mot os easily. In the 250 junior Curtis Ha umont, the third time he had raced, had a first in the secon d m o to , He has a brother. Chris. an Expert in the 125 class. In the 250 Expert. Alan Griswold. last year's high poin t district winner. easily scored two first places in his m o to s. • Valley racing By Ann Carr LODI/OAKDALE, CAL .• JUNE 4/5 The San J oaquin' Valley night racing season jumped into full swing as the Lodi and Oakdale Motorcycle clubs opened their nigh thigh po in t series at Lodi Cycle Bowl and Pio neer Arena. Three hundre d 0-35 Expert Rodney Su llivan (39) is all grins , going for poinU in the Valley race series. Over 100 fu ll-co lor and black 'and wh ite photograp hs. And much more ! r Spee dway . action got back to normal at Cal-Ex po after taking a break for th e European Qualifier. Slick was the wo rd, the track On the restart , Fari a camc out of the • I